Glass Spring Concentration
March 3 – April 26, 2024 (8 Weeks)
Granite Calimpong
Building a Strong Foundation
This workshop is about exploring functional forms as you build a strong foundation of fundamental glassblowing skills. Starting with simple drinking vessels, we’ll cover gathering, marvering, working on center, body position, and movement through the shop. From there we’ll move on to bowls, plates, vases, and other more challenging forms and work through more advanced techniques, including optic molds, color applications, bit work, and handles. This workshop will be about steady improvement that will enable you to produce functional objects for use and enjoyment. All levels. Hot glass studio.
Studio artist; teaching: University of Washington, Pilchuck (WA), Haystack (ME), Penland, Pittsburgh Glass Center; recent exhibitions: Traver Gallery (Seattle); The Jam Factory (Australia); residencies: Museum of Glass (WA), Pilchuck (WA), Northlands Creative Glass (Scotland), Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pottery Northwest (Seattle).
